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Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal (Steven Seagal) was born on April 10, 1952 in Lansing, Michigan
[1]
. The three nationalities of the United States, Serbia and Russia are actors, producers, screenwriters, directors, martial artists, Aikido martial arts coaches, and have seven black belts in Aikido
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.
In 1988, starred in the film debut " Above the Law ". In 1989, starred in the movie " Hard To Kill ". In 1992, starred in the movie " Under Siege ". On February 18, 1994, the action thriller " On Deadly Ground " directed and starred was released, which was its directorial debut. On May 31, 2005, the leading action thriller " Submerged " was released. On May 3, 2016, the starring action movie " Sniper: Special Ops " was released.
In addition, Siegel is an environmentalist
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and an animal rights activist
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. On August 4, 2018, he served as Russia's Goodwill Ambassador to the United States.
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Early Experience
Steven Seagal was born in Lansing
, Michigan , USA . In his early years, Seagal was weak and suffered from asthma. When Siegel was 5 years old, the family settled down in Orange County, California, where Siegel attended Buena Park College. When he was a teenager, he often listened to rock music in the garage
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Siegel started learning martial arts when he was about 7 years old. He was guided by Itoryu Karate master Fumio Demura and President Rod Kobayashi of the American Western Aikido Federation. He learned aikido, karate, judo and kendo as a teenager. Later, he also became a member of the Demura Karate performance team, and performed daily performances in the old Japanese village in Southern California.
In 1974, he was promoted to the first stage of Aikido. After finishing college, 17-year-old Siegel moved to Japan with his Japanese girlfriend Miyako Fujitani. Siegel lived with her parents who opened an Aikido school, studied Zen, and obtained Aikido and Karate. Waited for the black belt, opened a Kung Fu school in Japan, where he taught English
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During Japan, Koichi Tohei Siegel abandoned the "gas of the study" and psychosomatic unity Aikido, opted Morihei Ueshiba "Aikido Foundation," the. At that time, Siegel was called Master Take Shigemichi. It is generally believed that Siegel was the first foreigner to open and operate an Aikido dojo in Japan (although it is legal, Siegel has the right to actually operate). This gym is the Tenshin Dojo in Osaka.
In the early 1980s, Steven Seagal returned to Taos, New Mexico. He opened the dojo with veteran students and acrobat Quigg Damme, but Seagal spent most of his time in filming and corporate events. , Siegel’s stay in New Mexico was just to deal with the dojo matters. After staying in Japan for a while, Siegel returned to the United States in 1983. He also co-organized the dojo with senior student Haruo Matsuoka in Burbank, California, but soon moved to West Hollywood.
Siegel returned to the United States after spending about 15 years in Asia. He established a new martial arts academy. During this period, Siegel approached Hollywood. At first he was just a martial arts coach for movies, such as the 1982 movie "The Challenge" starring Toshirô Mifune , and the 1983 movie " Never Say Never Again " by Thomas Sean Connery .
, Siegel has also become a personal guard of celebrities,
Among his clients is Hollywood agent Michel Oviz. And Michel Ovez discovered Siegel's martial arts ability and dragged him to Warner Bros. to participate in the screen test. The other party had a good impression of Seger and signed him the contract for the first film.
Performing Experience
- Film and television era
In 1988, Steven Seagal was recommended to star in the screen debut " Above the Law "
. After that, he took over the action movie " Screwface Screwface ".
In 1989, starring in the action movie " Hard To Kill ", he pretended to be a policeman who had recovered from a coma and retaliated against the wicked who had caused him serious injuries. In 1991, he wrote and acted and produced the action thriller " Out for Justice ".
In 1992, the starring action movie " Under Siege " made him famous in Hollywood
. On February 18, 1994, the action thriller " On Deadly Ground " directed and starring was released, which was his directorial debut
.
On July 14, 1995, the action thriller " Under Siege 2: Dark Territory " co-starring with Eric Bogosian and Everett McGill was released
. On March 16, 2001, the action thriller " Exit Wounds " starring Isaiah Washington was released. Steven Seagal played the tough policeman "Olin" in the film
.
On November 15, 2002, the crime thriller " Half Past Dead " starring Morris Chestnut was released. On December 30, 2003, the action movie "Under Siege 3: Belly of the Beast" co-starring with Sara Malakul Lane , Suk Yee Lo, Monica Lo Suk-Yi, etc. was released. In the film, he played the once savvy and capable CIA agent "Jack"
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On May 5, 2004, the leading action movie " Clementine " was released. " Deep into the Tiger's Den "
On May 31, 2005, the starring action thriller " Submerged " was released. In the film, Steven Seagal played the former Marine "Chris Cody" who was imprisoned for violation of discipline
. " Looking to the Sun "; in the same year, he released his first album " Songs from the Crystal Cave ", which included pop music, world music, country music and blues music. In the same year, several songs from the album were included in the soundtrack of the movie " Looking to the Sun "; one of his album tracks "Girl It's Alright" was also released as a single in several countries.
In April 2006, Siegel's second album "MojoPriest" was released. Subsequently, he toured the United States and Europe with his band Thunderbox in the summer of 2006 to support this album.
On May 3, 2016, the starring action movie " Sniper: Special Ops " was released
.
On June 16, 2017, the action movie " China Salesman " co-starred with Ethan , Janicke Askevold , Mike Tyson and others was released
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In addition to acting, he also tried to enter the music scene, held a concert in Dallas Planet Hollywood, and signed a seven-year contract with Outwest Entertainment to record five albums at a high price.
Personal Life
family
Steven Seagal's mother Patricia (Patricia) is a Catholic Irishman, professional and technical personnel to the emergency room, his father Stephen (Stephen) is a high school math teacher, Siegel was the only son, he had a sister And two younger sisters
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Siegel owns a large ranch in Shasta, California, a home in Mandeville Canyon, and a suburban residence in Los Angeles. Siegel has many pets, such as cats "Sylvester" and "Gap", dogs "Gruff" and "Cole" ", "Tyson", "Hamlet", "Chaos", "Fist".
marriage
In 1975, Steven Seagal married Miyako Fujitani. On October 3 of the same year, their son Kentaro Seagal (Kentaro Seagal) was born and grew up to become a model and actor. On December 7, 1979, his daughter Fujitani Ayako (Fujitani Ayako) was born and grew up to become a writer and actor.
In 1984, he married Andrin La Rusha (Siegel did not complete the divorce from his ex-wife at the time), but was declared invalid in 1987.
September 5, 1987, and Kelly LeBrock married the same year his daughter Anna Lisa (Annaliza) was born. In 1990, his son Dominic was born. In 1993, daughter Arissa was born. In 1994, Le Brock filed an application for divorce because of "the incompatible differences between the two." In 1996, the two divorced.
In 1996, Siegel gave birth to a daughter , Savannah , with Aretha Wohu .
Siegel also has another child. Siegel met a Tibetan child Yaosi Ban Rengiwangmu (born in 1983) because of his belief in Tibetan Buddhism. She was the tenth Panchen Lama Erdeni. -Chokichi Gyantsen's daughter, Renji was her guardian when she was studying in the United States.
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Character Evaluation
Steven Seagal, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and others created the golden age of Hollywood action movies
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Nearly 2 meters tall, with small eyes, braided hairstyle, and plump body. Steven Seagal is different from a muscular man like Schwarzenegger. He can be said to be a representative of the combination of Eastern Kungfu and Westerners. The image of the navy chef he portrayed in "Under Siege" and "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory" can also be said to be unique. Timeline Steven Seagal's film combines spiritual concepts and environmental awareness, and the fighting scenes are hot He is a versatile and complex person. His enthusiasm, selflessness, integrity and character are all reflected in his works
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Unlike many purely violent actions in action movies, Stephen’s fighting actions are like flowing water. Not only is he strong and vigorous, he is also not far behind in acting
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